Mr Randal Hughes > Bennett Jones LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile
Bennett Jones LLP Offices
3400 ONE FIRST CANADIAN PLACE
PO BOX 130
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canada
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Mr Randal Hughes
Work Department
Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment
Position
Partner, Co-Chair of Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment
Career
Randy has successfully handled the competition law and Investment Canada aspects of numerous domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and represented clients before the courts in criminal proceedings under the Competition Act and before the Competition Tribunal in reviewable matters. Randy represents clients in domestic and international conspiracy investigations and prosecutions involving the Competition Bureau in Canada and other competition authorities around the world. He also represents clients in substantial civil actions, including leading class actions, by those claiming damages as a result of anticompetitive conduct. Randy has acted as counsel for the Commissioner of Competition and for private sector clients in leading merger and abuse of dominance cases before the Competition Tribunal. Randy has served as Canadian non-governmental advisor (NGA) at the International Competition Network (ICN) of enforcement agencies Cartel Workshops and Annual Conferences, on the faculty of the ABA/IBA International Cartel Workshops and as a member of the ABA Antitrust Section International Cartel Task Force. He is currently Vice Chair of the Section’s Cartel and Criminal Practice Committee.
Education
University of Toronto, BComm, 1977 | University of Toronto, LLB, 1980
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Competition and antitrust
(Leading individuals)The practice at Bennett Jones LLP demonstrates skill in both merger review and competition litigation. The group is co-directed by Washington, D.C.-based former Commissioner of Competition Melanie Aitken, who specializes in litigation, and global antitrust and competition law. Alongside her, noted litigator Randal Hughes co-leads from Toronto. Additional key partner-level names to note include Adam Kalbfleisch, who is experienced in foreign investment review and regulatory matters; and litigator Emrys Davis, who has focused his practice on criminal and civil investigations, in addition to class action defence.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Cannabis
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Environment
- Technology
- Technology
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
Firm Rankings
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Infrastructure projects
- International trade
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Indigenous law
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Labour and employment
- Pensions
- Technology
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia